"Congratulations" is a cut song from Act 2 of Hamilton.
Angelica angrily and tearfully confronts Hamilton about his actions after he had published The Reynolds Pamphlet and destroyed Eliza, who had cared so deeply about him. She vows she will never trust Hamilton the same way and makes him swear to realize what he had been given and what he had lost when he shattered his bond with Eliza.
You have invented a new kind of stupid A damage you can never undo, kind of stupid An "open all the cages in the zoo", kind of stupid Truly you didn't think this through kind of stupid
Let's review You took a rumor A few, maybe two, people knew And refuted it by sharing an affair of which No one has accused you I begged you to take a break, you refused to
So scared of what your enemies will do to you You're the only enemy you ever seem to lose to You know why Jefferson can do what he wants? He doesn't dignify schoolyard taunts with a response So yeah, congratulations!
You've redefined your legacy, congratulations!
[ALEXANDER] It was an act of political sacrifice!
[ANGELICA] ...Sacrifice? I languished in a loveless marriage in London I lived only to read your letters I look at you and think: "God, what have we done with our lives and what did it get us?" That doesn't wipe the tears or the years away But I'm back in the city and I'm here to stay And you know what I'm here to do?
[ALEXANDER] Angelica
[ANGELICA] I'm not here for you I know my sister like I know my own mind You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind And a million years ago, she said to me, "This one's mine" So I stood by Do you know why? I love my sister more than anything in this life I will choose her happiness over mine every time Eliza! Is the best thing in our lives So never lose sight of the fact that you have been Blessed with the best wife so congratulations For the rest of your life, Every sacrifice you make is for my sister To give her the best life! Congratulations
Trivia[]
Part of "Congratulations" still exists in the musical in the song "The Reynolds Pamphlet":
"Angelica... I'm not here for you I know my sister like I know my own mind You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind I love my sister more than anything in this life I will choose her happiness over mine every time"
—Hamilton and Angelica in "The Reynolds Pamphlet".
According to Lin-Manuel Miranda, the main reason that "Congratulations" was removed from the show was because the audience "desperately wanted to see Eliza's reaction" after "The Reynolds Pamphlet", so the song was cut and some lines from it were reused in "The Reynolds Pamphlet".
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